Jackson Mechanical Service, a commercial HVAC, boiler and chiller services provider, partnered with Orion Group, backed by Alpine Investors. Jackson will serve as the foundation of Orion, a newly formed commercial facility services platform.
FMH Conveyors, a Duravant Company, acquired Aftersort, Inc., a provider of trailer-loading conveyors. The acquisition closed on June 1, 2020.
PET Fiber, LLC (dba Fiberworx) acquired Troy, LLC, a manufacturer of non-woven fabrics for automotive liners and under-carpet mats. The acquisition closed on August 4, 2020.
Microline Surgical, a subsidiary of HOYA Corporation, acquired the rights to certain laparoscopic instrumentation assets, including REVEEL branded products, from RETRACTION Limited. The acquisition enhances Microline's portfolio of surgical instruments for liver retraction.
Johnson Controls International received a $33 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to expand manufacturing plants in San Antonio, Texas; Wichita, Kansas; and Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, aiming to produce approximately 200,000 electric heat pumps per year, a 200% production increase.
Northwest Pump acquired D.R. Smith Co. (dba Air Compressor Service), an Everett, Washington distributor and servicer of air compressors, with the transaction closing April 30, 2021.
Eagle Crusher is investing $1.8 million to expand its Bucyrus, Ohio manufacturing facility, adding welding tables, a paint booth, cobot technology, and other upgrades to increase capacity.
Machinery manufacturer Norwalt opened a new facility in Tampa, increasing floorspace by 25% with room for adjacent buildouts.
Ferronordic agreed to acquire Rudd Equipment Company, a Volvo CE dealer in the U.S., for $95 million. The deal is expected to close on November 30, 2023.
Sage Automotive Interiors announced plans to renovate and expand the Sharon Plant in Abbeville, SC, with a $10.45 million investment, creating 95 new jobs.
Joyce/Dayton Corp. announced a major expansion of its Portland, Indiana plant from 82,000 to 108,000 square feet, adding 39 jobs by end of 2026. Construction starts March 2024, completion early 2025.
DYMA Brands announced multimillion-dollar investments in manufacturing capabilities at its Bremen, Georgia and Visalia, California facilities, expanding production of dipping sauce cups and jelly cups with automation.
MiddleGround Capital closed a $440 million continuation vehicle to purchase Banner Industries and A.M. Castle & Co., combining them into a leading metals processor and distributor with combined revenue of about $950 million.
CRH announced a $2.1 billion acquisition of building materials assets in Texas from Martin Marietta Materials, including a 2.1 million ton capacity cement plant, terminals, and 20 ready-mixed concrete plants. The deal is expected to close in the first half of 2024.
FORVIA has secured a contract to supply Type IV hydrogen storage systems for an unnamed North American manufacturer's medium-duty commercial trucks.
NatureWorks has reached distribution agreements with Bamberger Polymers and Channel Prime Alliance for its Ingeo PLA bioresin. Channel Prime Alliance was named an authorized distributor in the U.S. and Canada for injection molding, extrusion and 3D printing applications.
Americhem has launched a partnership with Nexeo Plastics, effective November 1, 2023, making Nexeo the preferred distributor of Americhem's engineered compounds across North America, including Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and the United States.
A new $80 million cardboard box plant at the former Longview Fibre pulp and paper mill site in Longview, Washington is scheduled to open within weeks, owned by WestRock.
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. entered into an Equity and Asset Purchase Agreement with CRH Americas Materials, Inc. and CRH plc on November 20, 2023, for the sale of certain assets.
Capital Power Corporation acquired 100% of La Paloma (1,062 MW) in California and, through a 50/50 partnership with BlackRock, 100% of Harquahala (1,062 MW) in Arizona for US$1.1 billion (~$1.5 billion).
RECARO Automotive North America has acquired the assets and technology of C12 Technology, a South Carolina company specializing in advanced composite materials for automotive seating.
DG Fuels awarded Emerson Electric a contract to deliver automation and project engineering services for a planned sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) complex in St. James Parish, Louisiana. The proposed $4.2 billion complex would produce up to 180 million gal/year of SAF.
Samsung plans to add a new building (Samsung Fabrication Plant 2) to its semiconductor chip plant in Taylor, Texas, with a floor size of around 2.7 million square feet. Construction has begun, and the total investment estimate has risen to $25 billion.
Charger Investment Partners acquired Unitech Composites, an aerospace and defense composites manufacturer. Unitech joins Advanced Composite Products & Technology and All American Racers to form APEX Space & Defense Systems.
Johnson Controls received a $33 million DOE grant to expand its York heat pump production at plants in San Antonio, Texas; Wichita, Kansas; and Waynesboro, Pennsylvania. The expansion will increase capacity by 200% to 200,000 heat pumps per year and create about 1,000 jobs.
Komatsu, through its U.S. subsidiary Komatsu America Corp., agreed to acquire American Battery Solutions, Inc., a battery manufacturer headquartered in Detroit, Michigan. The acquisition is expected to close on December 1, 2023, and will enable Komatsu to develop battery-operated construction and mining equipment.
Johnson Controls received a $33 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to expand three manufacturing sites in San Antonio, Texas; Wichita, Kansas; and Waynesboro, Pennsylvania. The expansion will increase heat pump production by 200% to 200,000 units per year and create about 1,000 jobs.
Coffin Turbo Pump Inc. acquired JR Engineering and Machining Corporation of Hillsdale, New Jersey, combining pump design, manufacturing and repair services. JRE operations will be consolidated into Englewood, NJ facilities.
Carrier Global Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Carrier Commercial Refrigeration business to Chinese manufacturer Haier for $775 million.
Bard Manufacturing will receive $9,208,605 in federal funding to expand its Madison, Georgia facility, adding fabrication capacity and a new heat pump assembly line.
Armstrong International received $5,083,719 in federal funding to add 29,000 square feet to its Three Rivers, Michigan facility for manufacturing industrial heat pumps.
The US Department of Energy will provide Mitsubishi Electric US $50 million to establish a heat pump compressor factory in Kentucky. The funding is part of a $169 million package for heat pump manufacturing projects.
The U.S. Department of Energy allocated $169 million for nine projects to expedite manufacturing of electric heat pumps across 15 sites in 13 states, creating over 1,700 jobs. The funding is supported by the Defense Production Act and Inflation Reduction Act.
The U.S. General Services Administration has awarded a $22.7 million contract to Johnson Controls Federal Systems to electrify the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C., including installing electric heat pumps and electric boilers.
The U.S. Department of Energy awarded Honeywell's Geismar facility $14.8 million to cover 40% of the $36 million expansion to increase production of an energy-efficient refrigerant used in electric heat pumps. The expansion is expected to create 50 construction jobs and retain 468 jobs.
HII received a potential $130 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide long lead time materials and engineering support for the America-class amphibious assault ship LHA 10. Work will occur in multiple locations through July 2028.
Circular Polymers by Ascend launched Cerene, a new line of recycled polymers and materials made from post-consumer carpet, including polyamide 6 and 66, PET, polypropylene and calcium carbonate. The materials are produced at its Lincoln, California factory.
Pratt & Whitney received an $870 million long-term sustainment contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to provide engine sustainment services for nearly 1,000 TF33 engines on B-52 Stratofortress and E-3 Sentry aircraft, with work at Tinker Air Force Base through 2034.
Smurfit Kappa is establishing its first South Carolina operation in Anderson County with a $68 million investment that will create 200 jobs. The company expects to acquire a 259,000-square-foot facility at 1105 Scotts Bridge Road.
Hydro opened a new aluminium recycling plant in Cassopolis, Michigan, on November 16, 2023. The $150 million facility will produce 120,000 metric tonnes of recycled aluminium extrusion ingot annually.
Cascade Die Casting Group will expand its facility in Sparta, Michigan, adding 30 jobs and investing $6 million in energy-efficient furnaces, robotics and automation equipment to meet growing demand from automotive and other sectors.
Evonik is building a new plant for ultra-high purity colloidal silica at its site in Weston, Michigan, USA, with total capital spending of $7.9 million in 2023 and 2024. The plant is expected to come onstream in 2024 and will be the first of its kind in North America.
GE Vernova completed the first onshore wind turbine produced on its new assembly line in Schenectady, New York. The 6.1-158 turbine is the largest onshore wind turbine manufactured in the US.
Jacobs was awarded a five-year contract renewal for operations and maintenance of the City of Farmington, New Mexico's water and wastewater systems. The contract has an initial value of $9 million per year and commences January 1, 2024.
Probo Medical has acquired Davis Medical Electronics, a provider of equipment and supplies for cardiology practices. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
NeoMagic Corporation has acquired Advanced Microwave Inc., a company specializing in RF components and subsystems for commercial and military applications. The acquisition allows NeoMagic to enter the defense industry.
GE has completed the first turbine components at a new assembly line in Schenectady, New York, established with a $50 million investment, located in the same building as its steam turbine and generator production.
Raytheon has been awarded a four-year, $15 million contract from DARPA under the THREADS program to develop high-power-density gallium nitride transistors for RF sensors, with work conducted in Andover, Massachusetts.
DrinkPAK, a contract beverage manufacturer, is investing more than $450 million to build two facilities in the Dallas-Fort Worth area of Texas totaling about 2.8 million square feet. The DP2 low-acid plant is expected to open in November 2024 and DP3 high-acid plant in January 2025, creating 1,000 jobs by 2026.
Burnside America Inc. will invest at least $4.8 million to expand its hydraulic cylinder manufacturing in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, creating 15 new jobs and retaining at least 32 existing jobs. The project includes a 30,000-square-foot expansion and two new production lines, with support from a $3.3 million PIDA loan.